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Strengthening the foundation: Extending beyond moral framing to overcome DEI backlash

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 June 2025

Sean M. Bogart  and
Lindsay Y. Dhanani Open the ORCID record for Lindsay Y. Dhanani [Opens in a new window]
Sean M. Bogart
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA
Lindsay Y. Dhanani*
Affiliation:
School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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Corresponding author: Lindsay Y. Dhanani; Email: ld733@smlr.rutgers.edu
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , June 2025 , pp. 268 - 271
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology

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